Continuous process for the decorating of alpha fabric and device for carrying out said process



June v23, 1931. H. DENN s CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE DECORATING OF AFABRIC AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID PROCESS 2 Sheets-Sheet' lOriginal Filed Sept. 11, 1928 June 23, 1931. H. DENNls 1,811,497

CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE DECORATING 0F A FABRIC AND DEVICE FORCARRYING OUT SAID PROCESS Original Filed Sept. ll, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2i a q' n /8 43 i 1 E- 5 n .n.13

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HUGH DENNIS, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNcR, BY MnsNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'roMsnnLENn DENNIS f CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE DECORATING F A FABRIC ANDrDEVICE FOR CARRYNG- OUT SAID PROCESS Application filed September 11,1928, Serial No. 305,274.

My invention'relates to an improvement in a continuous process for thedecorating of a fabric and the device for carrying out said process, andthe novelty consists in the steps "of the process and in the adaptationand arrangement of parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

In the making of batik or similar hand .decorated fabric it has been thepractice for lmany years to cutup the bolt of silk or other fabric to bedecorated into pieces of substantially the size as they are to be usedand the piece of fabric is then stretched upon a frame and decorated byhand necessitating the mov- .15 "ing of the frame for each stepof thedecorating process as a number of diderent opera tors perform differentparts of this decorative process. 'This method of treatment has long ATbeen the established method and is very cum- 20'1`bersome andnecessarily involves the loss of a large amount of time because cf thenecessity of moving these ,frames from one operator to another. Y .V Mynew method of carrying out this dec- "orative process permits thespreading of a long portion of a bolt offabric on a table theentire-length `of a long studio whereby this stretched section of fabricmay be decorated `V-`by a large number of operators who follow Uabblosely one upon the other so that there is no lost time, and it isthen dried and rolled on to aroll so that simultaneously a new sectionof the bolt being decorated can be treated 5. in the same manner untilthe entire bolt is so decorated. y

This new process saves an aggregate of several hours a day for eachtable used, prevents the loss or spoiling cf any of the decorated fabricthrough improper handling and insures lcleaner and'better work on'thepart of the decorators whereby an improved product at a substantiallyreduced cost is produced in a uniform and continuous manner. Referringto the drawings, Figure -1 is a 45 side elevation of my device, certainportions being broken away for convenience in illustration.

Figure 2 is a detailof a hot wax pot; Figure 3 is a detail of a sidemember and fastening pins on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Renewed April 8, 1931.

VFigure l is a detail of a rack and pinion as used in my device;

Figure 5 is a rear end view of Figure 1 looking in from the left handside; and

Figure 6 is a front end view of Figure 1 looking in from the right handend.

In the drawings. 7 are legs of angle iron secured together by means ofcross bars 8 of angle iron reinforced by brace members 9 also of angleiron and cross bars 10 rigidly secure together the legs 7 at their upperends. A pair of longitudinal rails 11 are rigidly secured to the upperends of the legs 7 and a car 12 having two pairs of wheels 13 whichengage the rails 11 ride back and forth longitudinally thereon. Anupright frame 14 is rigidly secured to the car 12 and supports a shaft15 at its upper end so that it will rotate freely therein and a roll ofpaper 16 is supported on said shaft 15. A second upright f i' i O framemember 17 1s rigidly secured on the car 12 and supports a shaft 18 whichturns freely therein and to one end of which is rigidly secured a crank19 having ahandle 20. A shaft 21 is also mounted in the frame 14 so asto rotate freely therein and a shaft 22 is mounted in the frame 17 so asto rotate freely therein. Paper from the roll 16 will pass under theshaft 21 and under the shaft 18 and will be rolled thereon by theturning of the crank 19 by means of the handle 20. A boX or fabriccontainer 23 is rigidly secured to one end of the table by means of apair of arms 211 which are rigidly secured to the first of the pair oflegs 7 and the said container 23 8 closed as to its lower portion so asto hold a bolt of fabric to be treated but the upper portion at 25 isopen so that the fabric 26 placed therein in a bolt can be readilypulled out by hand from the container 23 as desired and placed on mymachine for the operation as hereinafter described.

A longitudinalshaft 27 is mounted in housings 28 and carries pinions 29rigidly mounted thereon. Rack bars 3() rigidly secured to the undersideof the cross bars lO run over and mesh with the pinions 29 so that theturning of crank 31 will turn the shaft 27, pinions 29 and thereby throwthe rack bars 30 and move the housings 28. ,100

, nected to aV source of electrical power not shown and has a number ofelectrical outlets of usual well knownconstruction as shown at37. Anumber of wax pots 38 having hooks 39 rigidly secured thereon areadapted to be hooked over the rails 11' and pushed along thereon and arerespectively connected in the usual well known manner by means of wire'40 to one of the electrical outlets 37 at 41 so as to` furnish power toka resistance element of usual'well known construction in the base ofwax pot 38 whereby the waX placed in container portion 42 of the pot 38may be melted andmaintained by said resistance element at the heatedtemperaturevrequired for use in the process described. l

A gas'pipe 43 is easily secured by means of brackets 44 to legs 7 beingconnected to a sourceof gas to the connection 45, the sup ply beingcontrolled'by valves 46 and the gas coming out atkopenings 47 throughoutthe entire length/of the pipe whereby the gas may be lit at'saidopenings 47 and a diffusing roof 48 rigidly mounted over the pipe 43will diluse'the heat from the` illuminated openings 47 whereby theheat'will be thrown upwardly against the bottom of the fabric vbeingtreated on the topofthe device.

A gear 49 is rigidly secured to the shaft 27 Y near its outer end and alocking pawl 450 pivoted at 51 in the housing 28 is adapted to bedropped into the teeth of the gear 49 to engage and hold said gear inthe desired position. v s y In operating my device abolt of fabric 26 isplaced in the container 23 and pulled out Y of the opening 25 andtheouter end of the fabric 26 is then run around underneath the shaft v22and-up over the shaft 18 andthe paper 16 fed under it and a couple ofturns are ytaken so as to secure the paper 16 and the fabric 26 inposition on the'sha'ft 18, this being done by means of the crank 19 andhandle 20` which turn the shaft 18 and the vpaper feeds from the roll 16under the shaft 2l Vand thence under the shaft'18 as described. Duringthis procedure the car 12 will be at the opposite endof the tablefromvthat shown Yin Figure 1 and as thev fabric and paper are thussecured in .position around the shaft 18 i the car 12 will be pushed tothe further end ofthe table 'to the position as shown in Figure 1whereby the 'fabric 26 willbe stretched the full length of the table andcan then be fastened on its side edges over pins 35 on both edges. Inorder to secure the proper longitudinal stretch of the fabric this willbe arrangedby pinning the fabric over the pins 35 and stretching thefabric as" the pinning is continued from the feed end 23 to the furtherend of theV table. In order to stretch the fabric laterally it isthennecessary to turn the crank 31 whereby the pinions 29 and rack `bars30,1iousings28, and side bar 32 with pin-s 35 will be pushed so'as tostretch vthe fabric 26 laterally as desired. The artist will thenoutline the desired designs upon the fabric by the use of perforatedpaper spread over the fabric through which suitable colored powder suchas .chalk is spreadr in -asufhcient quantity toou-tline the design inpowder on the fabric. A The next operator then comes along with the waxpot 38 which is pushed along the rail 11 to the desired point and thetemperature of which is maintained at the desired point through theelectrical connection 40, 41and outlet 37 to the wire in the conduit 36.The designas outlined in powder is then outlined in Ywax and ias thiscools it makes a hard wax line on both sides of the lfabric as itsaturates the fabric because it goes on hot thereby hardening on bothysides of the fabric to form a retaining or limiting outline for the nextoperators who brush on the color.v These operators usually voperate inpairs and brush from both .sides of the table and do not yneed tobrushlnear the edge of the design as the'color will spread Vthrough thefabric .to the hard wax outline but Vwill be retained from` spreadingfurther fby this outline which protects both sides of the fabric wherebya perfect coloring is obtained in the design space vas desired. Anumberof different pairs .of decorators .may-come along,

' one after ythe other, brushing in' dilfe'rentisets vof colors so thateach'pair of operators only have to have one color thereby lpreventingconfusion and delay. The gas is then 'turned on by turning the valves46' and the out-lets 47 vare lit means of afiame andthe heat from thisgas and fromV the diffusing roof 48V will flow up aga-inst the insideofthe fabric 26 thereby drying the colors in a few minutes whereupon theoperator canfirst release the pawl 50 thereby vpermitting the housings28 to be released carrying the "side bar 32 to release'thelaterafltension on the fabric 26 and the fabric-can then be liftedV from the pinmembers 35 throughout. its entirelength and 'by turning the crank 19V byhandle '20 lthe fabric 26l will 'be wound yupon the shaftor roller 18with the paper 16V following from the shaft 15 rolling up thereunder'sothat the fabric 26 is always lying on the paper -in the roll and withthe paper coming over it s whereby the fabric is kept entirely separateds by means of the paper fromycontact of any portion of the fabric 26with any other portion of the fabric 26.

The operator is then ready to pull out another length of the fabric 26and repeat the operation as already described and again repeat theoperation until the entire bolt in the container 23 has been decoratedas described whereupon the fabric 26 supported by the paper can be tiedup in the roll and slipped off of the shaft 18 and placed in the ovenfor baking whereby the wax line will be softened and absorbed by thepaper 16 and the color in the fabric 26 permanently set by means of saidheat.

It will be apparent that many other forms of my device may be used otherthan that as described and shown without departing from the spirit andintent of my invention and such variations are intended to be covered bythis application and claims.

I claim:

l. A process for placing decorations on a fabric by hand which consistsof stretching a section of a bolt of cloth both longitudinally andlaterally in a position adapted to receive said decorations, placingsaid decorations thereon by hand, drying the decorations, rolling saiddecorated section of fabric on a roller between rolls of paper,repeating said operations until the. full bolt of decorated fabric isrolled onto said roller and placing the same in an oven to set thecolors of said decorations. l

2. A process for placing decorations on a fabric which consists instretching a section of a bolt of cloth both longitudinally andlaterally in a position adapted to receive said decorations, outliningdecorations thereon in hot wax, coloring the portions inside of said waxdesign, drying the same, rolling said decorated portion on a rollerbetween rolls of paper, repeating said operations until the full bolt ofdecorated fabric is rolled onto said roller and placing the same in anoven until the wax is heatedy and absorbed by said paper and the colorsfully set.

3. In a device for carrying out a continuous decorative process onfabric the combination of means for stretching a section of a vbolt offabric longitudinally and laterally to receive said decoration, meansfor maintaining a supply of hot wax at any point along said stretchedfabric, means for drying the same when decorated and means for rollingsaid decorated fabric onto a roller between rolled paper when dry.

4. In a device for carrying out a continuous decorative process thecombination of a long table having two rails rigidly mounted thereon, acar carrying a pair of rollers adapted to run en said rails, a row ofpins rigidly mounted inside the edge of two longitudinal members of saidtable, one of said members being laterally adjustable by means of asingle crank shaft with yracks and pinions mounted at either end, aholder for a bolt of fabric at one end of said table, heating meansunder said table and wax heating means movable along the entire lengthof said table.

5. In an apparatus for carrying out a con` tinuous decorative processthe combination of a long table, a pair of rails running the length ofsaid table, a car adapted to roll on said rails, two winding rollersmounted in upright position on said car, a row of pins rigidly mountedlongitudinally in bars along the upper length of said table, means forlaterally shifting one of said bars, means for holding a bolt of fabricat one end of the table, heating means along the length of the tablenear the bottom and means for heating wax pots available at intervalsalong the entire length of said table.

6. In an apparatus for carrying out a continuous decorative process thecombination of a long table, a pair of rails running the length of saidtable, a car adapted to roll on said railsq two winding rollers mountedin upright position on said car, a row of pins rigidly mountedlongitudinally in bars along the upper length of said table, means forlaterally shifting Aone of said bars, means for holding a bolt of fabricat one end of the table, heating means along the length of the tablenear the bottom and means for heating wax pots the entire length of saidtable comprising an electric circuit running the length of the tablewith a series of outlets and electric plugs connected to said wax potsadapted to plug intosaid outlets and a rail the length of thetable onwhich to suspend and move said wax pots. f

7 In a device for carrying out a continuous decorative process on fabricthe combination of means for stretching a section of a bolt of fabriclongitudinally comprising retaining pins at the edges of said fabric anda car having a roll of paper and a second roller with crank both mountedthereon, said car travelling on rails the upper length of said table,and laterally to receive said decoration, means for maintaining a supplyof hot wax at any point along said stretched fabric, means for drying`the same when decorated and means for rolling said decorated fabric ontoa roller Vbetween rolled paper when dry.

8. In a device for carrying out a continuous decorative process onfabric the combination of means for stretching a section of a bolt offabric longitudinally and laterally, by means of a side retaining membermovable by a single crank shaft the length of the table and having racksand pinions at each end, to receive the decoration, means formaintaining a supply of hot wax at any point along said stretchedfabric, means for drying the same when decorated and means for rollingsaid decorated fabric onto a roller between rolled paper when dry.

9. In a device for carrying .out a continuous decorative vprocess onfabric the combination of means for stretching a section .of a bolt offabric longitudinally comprising retaining pins at the edges of saidfabric and a car having a roll of paper and a second roller With crankboth mounted thereon, said -car travelling on rails the upper length ofsaid table and laterally, by means of a side revtainino' member movableby a single crank shaft the length of the table and having racks andpinions at each end, to receive said decoration, means for maintaining asupply of hot Wax at any point along said stretched fabric, means fordrying the same When decorated and means for rolling said decoratedfabric onto a roller between rolled paper when dry.

10. A. process for placing decorations on a fabric by hand whichconsists of stretching a section of a bolt of cloth both longitudinallyand laterally in a position adapted to receive said decorations, placingsaid decorations thereon by hand, drying the decorations, rolling saiddecorated section of fabric on a roller With a continuous sheet of paperrolling up continuously therein, repeating said operations until thefull bolt of decorated fabricl is rolled on said'roller.

1l. A process for placing ydecorations on a fabric Which consists instretching a section Y of a bolt of cloth longitudinally and laterallyina'positioniadapted to receive said decora-v tions, outlining decorationsthereon in hot Wax, coloring the portions inside'of said Wax design,drying the same, rolling said decorated portion on a roller with a rollof paper feeding into said roll on the inside and re# peating saidopera-tions until the full boltof decorated fabric is rolled onto saidroller.

In testimony whereof I'aliix my signature.

HUGHy DENNIS.

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